That was a pretty fun, silly episode, though I'm still not in love with Twelve. He's so cantankerous and prickly.
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Polter-Cow - Sep 07, 2014 12:27:20 pm PDT #25641 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
billytea - Sep 07, 2014 2:02:00 pm PDT #25642 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
That was a pretty fun, silly episode, though I'm still not in love with Twelve. He's so cantankerous and prickly.
I, on the other hand, kind of love that. And seriously, Robin Hood was just so over the top, I'm not surprised that he gave Twelve the screaming irrits. (Which is not to say Twelve wasn't both predisposed towards it and immensely petty about it.)
I liked Clara quite a lot in this one too. Both this ep and the first one, she had to confront the villain without the Doctor and manage by her own wits, and did quite well.
My favourite bit with her was this exchange, which I'm no doubt misquoting:
"Why are you so sad?"
"Why would you think me sad?"
"Because the Doctor's right. You laugh too much."
Theodosia - Sep 07, 2014 3:12:51 pm PDT #25643 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
That was my favorite episode so far. It's nice to see a Doctor who screws up like that.
Polter-Cow - Sep 07, 2014 4:56:17 pm PDT #25644 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I liked Clara quite a lot in this one too. Both this ep and the first one, she had to confront the villain without the Doctor and manage by her own wits, and did quite well.
I'm enjoying that too.
I, on the other hand, kind of love that.
He seems to be enjoying being the Doctor less. He's colder and more callous. I'm interested to see where it goes, and I'm sure I'll love him by the finale, but it's taking some time to get used to.
Jessica - Sep 07, 2014 5:31:05 pm PDT #25645 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That was a LOT of fun. I agree wholeheartedly with everything billytea said.
Also loved the bit where the Doctor very slowly realizes Robin Hood's not part of the robots' plan. "Yeah that'd be a rubbish plan...yeah...it would...oh."
billytea - Sep 07, 2014 5:52:04 pm PDT #25646 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Also loved the bit where the Doctor very slowly realizes Robin Hood's not part of the robots' plan. "Yeah that'd be a rubbish plan...yeah...it would...oh."
While the Sheriff is looking at him like "That's insane. Who does your plans? Wile E. Coyote? Loki? John Crichton?"
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2014 5:48:35 am PDT #25647 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think that FB is broadcast. You have to look for it (or follow it, or like it), just like a post on IO9 or whatever.
If the show goes to the extent of creating content about the next episode, it's "broadcast". I don't consider "running right after the preceding episode" the criterion--I consider "designed by the production to be consumed before the episode" as what makes the different.
Steph L. - Sep 08, 2014 6:15:25 am PDT #25648 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
That's fine, and I won't whitefont in the future, and perhaps I am way too literal, but I wouldn't have (and obviously didn't) correlated online-exclusive content "designed by the production to be consumed before the episode" to equal "broadcast."
But now I know, and unless other people object, I won't whitefont. It's easier anyway.
DebetEsse - Sep 08, 2014 6:54:38 am PDT #25649 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
If the show goes to the extent of creating content about the next episode, it's "broadcast". I don't consider "running right after the preceding episode" the criterion--I consider "designed by the production to be consumed before the episode" as what makes the different.
I disagree with this, as it would seem to include things like teaser scenes from an ep that you can get online, which I DO think should be whitefonted. I'm not sure I have good, bright-line criteria, though
beekaytee - Sep 08, 2014 7:00:03 am PDT #25650 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I wish I understood the clear bright-line criteria better because I feel like I get chastised if I do whitefont or if I don't.
So, instead of just never venturing into 'dangerous' waters, I defaulted to always whitefonting anything I am not sure of.
Obviously, I wasn't thinking about how inconvenient that might be for device users so now I'm back to thinking I should just not comment.
Though, now I'm concerned about having a Bureaucracy conversation in the wrong thread!
On topic: I wonder if they made Robin's wig and beard so badly to make us assume he was a robot, right along with the Doctor. Seriously, that was some bad hair.